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rains of Thought Life before Preservation 24: Ashby & Nuneaton Joint a€ The 'Battlefield Line' - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at another of Britain's preserved railways prior to closure by BR, and considers the history and past times of the . Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway and its connecting Charnwood Forest Railway, part of the A&N Joint now being the preserved 'Battlefield Line'. Eastleigh a€" Summer 1962... and the duties of its Pacifics - In another extensive survey of Southern Region workings during the summer of 1962, Mike Thompson takes a look, this time, at Eastleigh, and also the duties of that shed's Pacific locomotives over that period. Taking a different view ... Sharing the Limelight - The inclusion of other modes of transport in a scene when out photographing trains often helps date a picture and certainly enhances the scene, and is also a good guide for modellers of a particular era. In this photo-feature Rex Kennedy has chosen a selection of scenes where other forms of transport 'share the limelight' with the trains portrayed. Britain's Titled Trains 20 a€" The 'Scarborough Flyer' - Michael Harris relates the history of a well-known titled train that has not been extensively covered in railway literature over the years. The Abingdon Branch - Laurence Waters details the history of a short Berkshire branch line (now in Oxfordshire) which started life as a broad-gauge line. The Gresley 'K4' Moguls - Our regular Scottish contributor, David Anderson, looks at a small class of LNER 2-6-0 locomotives mainly associated with the West Highland Line. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: This month in Steam Days we take a look at the LNER 'K4' Moguls that frequented the West Highland line for many years. As we all know, No 3442 The Great Marquess is now preserved, and has always created a beautiful sight when seen in action on various railtours over the past years. Here, at Worcester on 19 September 1965, we see The Great Marquess on one such occasion, having left Shrub Hill station to proceed round the triangle to go on shed, and seen on the second leg of the triangle.
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